The counties until the watch through 10 p.m. include: Autauga, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Lowndes and Montgomery.

The National Weather Service has issues both flash flood and severe thunderstorm warnings in the Montgomery area for this afternoon and evening. (National Weather Service).

The National Weather Services also has a severe thunderstorm watch through 10 p.m. for these East Alabama counties: Chambers, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell and Tallapoosa.

For the River Region, the weather service is forecasting an 80 percent showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a chance of showers
between midnight and 5 a.m. According to forecasters, look for a low around 72 degrees and a west wind at 5 to 10 mph
becoming light southwest in the evening in the area.

National Weather Service forecasters also said rain is expected throughout must of the week.